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The meeting will be held on 6-10 September 1998 at the University of the Basque Country (School of Economics, Bilbao). The Sessions will commence on the morning of Sunday 6 September (to permit easier use of APEX flights) and will end at lunchtime on Thursday 10 September. Participants will be accommodated at Unamuno and Deusto Halls of Residence and the Ercilla Hotel; all these are at a convenient distance from the School of Economics, where the sessions will be held.
with keynote lectures by: M Alexander (Maryland), D King (Cambridge), G Hancock (Oxford), P Ewart (Oxford), M I Lester (Philadelphia), M C Lin (Atlanta), K Liu (Taipei), T Slanger (Menlo Park). The Polanyi Lecture will be presented by A R Ravishankara (Boulder).
Registration fee will be 49,000 Spanish pesetas (Pts), to include the cost of the traditional afternoon excursion and symposium banquet and lunches from Sunday-Thursday. The cost of accommodation in the Unamuno and Deusto Halls including breakfast and dinner will be 42,000 Pts. Accommodation in the Ercilla Hotel (bed and breakfast payable to Organizers) will be 60,000 Pts for a single bedroom and 78,000 Pts for a double. Significantly reduced registration fees will be available for students.
A limited number of student bursaries will be available to assist with the expenses of bona fide students attending the meeting. Details of the application procedure will be given in the second circular.
Dr J Plane,
Dr M Brown,
Dr D Heard,
Dr M R Levy,
Dr A Orr-Ewing,
Dr D M Rowley,
Prof I W M Smith,
Prof J C Whitehead, and
Prof F Castaño.
Local Organising Committee:
Prof F Castaño,
Dr F Basterrechea,
Dr E García,
Prof L Laín,
Dr R Martínez,
Dr T Martínez,
Dr M N Sánchez, and
Prof A Torre
Enquires concerning attendance at the symposium should be addressed to:
The Secretary, 15th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics,
Universidad del Pais Vasco, Departamento de Quimica Fisica,
Facultad de Ciencias. Apartado 644. E-48080 Bilbao, Spain
or by e-mail to
gaskin98@vc.ehu.es
Further information about the meeting and its location are also
available on the World-Wide-Web at URL http://www.vc.ehu.es/gaskin98
You can register by sending the attached form (please print) to
The Secretary, 15th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics.
Universidad del Pais Vasco, Departamento de Quimica Fisica.
Facultad de Ciencias. Apartado 644. E-48080 Bilbao, Spain;
by fax +34 (9)4 4648500,
by e-mail to gaskin98@vc.ehu.es or through
the World-Wide-Web using the
form at http://www.vc.ehu.es/gaskin98
A second circular will be sent to those expressing
interest in the Symposium in early April 1998.
The University of the Basque Country was created in the late sixties.
It has three major campuses in the capital of provinces of the Spanish
Basque Country, Bilbao, San Sebastian and Vitoria. There are two
Chemistry Faculties, one in Bilbao and another in San Sebastian.
The other Science Faculties are located in Bilbao.
In spite of its short history the University is one of the largest
universities in Spain, with some 62,000 students. The large number of
students can be attributed to the wide access given to school leavers
by the Spanish University system.
Bilbao and its province (Vizcaya) have been a leading industrial and
financial region for generations. It is the home of the large shipping
and steel industry which is currently undergoing a transformation into
a high-tech and service area. Parallel to this effort have been
upgrading of the city through a series of spectacular public works such
as the new underground designed by Norman Foster, a bridge by Calatrava,
Franck Gehry's Guggenheim museum of modern art, and the Calatrava's
airport terminal building. These have transformed Bilbao into a truly
modern city.
The Basque countryside is a succession of deep valleys and mountains
that are in part quite wild and remote. The isolation of these valleys
has preserved the traditional character of the inhabitants, who continue
to speak an ancient language whose origins are lost in time.
Within half-an-hour drive of Bilbao are areas of outstanting natural
beauty such as the Pagasarri and Ganecogorta mountains, La Arboleda,
Ermua and Plencia, Urdaibai, the cliffs along the coast, Durango and
the Amboto mountain range. At a slightly greater distance are places
that cater a wide range of interest. These are the Altamira caves and
surrounding regions of Santillana del Mar; La Rioja with vineyards and
villages; Merindad de Castilla la Vieja; monasteries and villages which
are typical of the old Castillian Kingdom, such as Santo Domingo de Silos,
Quintanilla de las Vinas and San Millan de la Cogolla; pre-romanesque
Asturias and high mountains of the chain called the "Peaks of Europe" and
of course the Pyrenees, to mention but a few of the beauty areas that you
may wish to enjoy during your visit.